Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of May 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
South Carolina
Average Temperature Rankings, August 2020
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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August 2020 1-Month |
80.1°F (26.7°C) | 78.7°F (25.9°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 104th Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1969 |
24th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2007 | ||||
Ties: 1924, 1941, 1943, 1995, 2021 | ||||||
Jul–Aug 2020 2-Month |
81.0°F (27.2°C) | 79.3°F (26.3°C) |
1.7°F (0.9°C) | 114th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1967 |
14th Warmest | Warmest since: 2016 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 2005 | ||||||
Jun–Aug 2020 3-Month |
79.4°F (26.3°C) | 78.6°F (25.9°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 92nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2017 | 1967 |
36th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2010 | ||||
Ties: 1926, 1951, 2005, 2006 | ||||||
May–Aug 2020 4-Month |
76.5°F (24.7°C) | 76.4°F (24.7°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 52nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1967 |
76th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2010 | ||||
Ties: 1950, 1975, 1981, 1982, 2001 | ||||||
Apr–Aug 2020 5-Month |
73.6°F (23.1°C) | 73.5°F (23.1°C) |
0.1°F (0.0°C) | 52nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2013 | 1961 |
76th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2010 | ||||
Ties: 1915, 1947, 1951, 1985 | ||||||
Mar–Aug 2020 6-Month |
71.4°F (21.9°C) | 70.2°F (21.2°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 104th Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1971 |
24th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1905, 1921, 1938, 1955, 1990, 2000, 2007 | ||||||
Feb–Aug 2020 7-Month |
68.5°F (20.3°C) | 66.9°F (19.4°C) |
1.6°F (0.9°C) | 114th Coolest | Coolest since: 2015 | 1895 |
14th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2011, 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1939, 2002 | ||||||
Jan–Aug 2020 8-Month |
66.2°F (19.0°C) | 64.1°F (17.8°C) |
2.1°F (1.2°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1940 |
6th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1932 | ||||||
Dec 2019–Aug 2020 9-Month |
64.5°F (18.1°C) | 62.1°F (16.7°C) |
2.4°F (1.4°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1904, 1940 |
5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 2019 | ||||||
Nov 2019–Aug 2020 10-Month |
63.1°F (17.3°C) | 61.2°F (16.2°C) |
1.9°F (1.1°C) | 118th Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1904, 1940 |
9th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1999 | ||||||
Oct 2019–Aug 2020 11-Month |
63.6°F (17.6°C) | 61.4°F (16.3°C) |
2.2°F (1.3°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1904 |
5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2016, 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1991, 2019 | ||||||
Sep 2019–Aug 2020 12-Month |
64.8°F (18.2°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
2.4°F (1.3°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1904 |
5th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2017 | ||||
Mar 2019–Aug 2020 18-Month |
67.2°F (19.6°C) | 65.0°F (18.3°C) |
2.2°F (1.3°C) | 123rd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1968 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
Sep 2018–Aug 2020 24-Month |
64.9°F (18.3°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
2.5°F (1.4°C) | 124th Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1969 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2017 | 2017 | ||||
Sep 2017–Aug 2020 36-Month |
64.5°F (18.1°C) | 62.3°F (16.8°C) |
2.2°F (1.3°C) | 121st Coolest | Coolest since: 2016 | 1970 |
4th Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 2021 | ||||||
Sep 2016–Aug 2020 48-Month |
64.8°F (18.2°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
2.4°F (1.3°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2018 | 1969, 1970 |
2nd Warmest | Warmest since: 2019 | 2019 | ||||
Sep 2015–Aug 2020 60-Month |
64.9°F (18.3°C) | 62.4°F (16.9°C) |
2.5°F (1.4°C) | 122nd Coolest | Coolest since: 2019 | 1970 |
1st Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published June 2022, retrieved on June 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/